John Selman : Texas gunfighter INSCRIBED

Metz, Leon Claire

Verlag: Hastings House, New York, 1966

Beschreibung

254 pages illustrations, portraits 21 cm. ; dark blue full cloth with gilt lettering ; dj. INSCRIBED on title by Metz dated 10 October 1994. Adams Six-Guns 1481: "Though many books mention John Selman, this is the first biography of him, and the author has done a very good job of both research and writing." Leon Metz has pieced together, for the first time, all that is known of John Selman, a shadowy figure in Texas and New Mexico during the unsettled, often violent, period after the Civil War. Unlike many of his comrades--including the most notorious outlaws of his time--John Selman did not wish to become well known. Indeed, his penchant for assumed names indicates he did not wish to be known at all. Selman was an enigmatic man of many parts: he was an oldest son, responsive to the needs of his mother and siblings; a soldier with a talent for leadership--until his unexplained desertion from the Confederate Army; a husband and father; a rancher who struggled with, and murdered, would-be grangers; and a devoted friend to an evil influence named John Larn, with whom he seemed to kill for sport. As the Southwest became more settled, so did John Selman. At the end of his career, when he was a constable in El Paso, Selman lost his anonymity for all time: He was the man who killed John Wesley Hardin. Metz explores the stories surrounding Hardin's death--some said Selman shot Hardin in the back. Including rare photographs, Metz presents his conclusions about this legendary gunfighter. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 001681

Bibliografische Details

Titel: John Selman : Texas gunfighter INSCRIBED

Verlag: Hastings House, New York

Erscheinungsdatum: 1966

Einband: Hardcover

Illustrator: Cisneros, Jose

Zustand: NF

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: VG

Signiert: Inscribed by Author(s)